that one time when...

we had a guinea pig for a day.

it was an albino male

named 

pink.

(lyla named him)

i have no idea why she chose pink

since her favorite color is purple

but

he had pink eyes at least...

lyla and savio really liked him

and i was enjoying him too

but he could only stay for a day

because i was allergic to him.

just like i am allergic to 

everything else in life.

he was a gift from my mom and dad.

they really wanted to get lyla and savio a pet 

that marco and i could also handle

and honestly this was the perfect pet.

i really wanted a bunny but it just didn't work out

i would probably be allergic to that too.

maybe some day we will get a hermit crab.

i don't think it's possible to be allergic to that.

i wanted lyla to pick what she wanted 

but she chose snakes...

anyone that knows me

knows that i am 

absolutely

ridiculously 

insanely

crazy

scared of snakes.

so much 

that i can't even look at them on tv or in the zoo or petstore

and it's hard to even look at snake toys.

so that was a no.

then she wanted a 2 foot lizard...

i am just not a reptile person.

plus those really aren't the greatest pet options for three year olds.

so hermit crab it will be.